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The PQ Is My Venice Beach (In Disguise)
I used to live the quintessential California lifestyle on the southern edge of Venice Beach, but weekends in the PQ remind me I don’t have to travel 2689 miles to get a familiar urban flavor. During my Cali days, being a consultant meant I could be a beach bum a few days a week leaving […]
Incident Last Night Around The Verizon Center (6th St NW)
There is a small discussion going on in the Chinatown Heartache post regarding a police response to some crime in the vicinity of the Verizon Center last night. I personally saw a police presence on 6th St NW at about 9pm, so I emailed Commander Groomes to ask what went on. here is her info: There was […]
Personal Space
When I think of private social clubs, I think of wingback chairs and gentlemen smoking cigars and sipping Johnny Walker Black. But The Space, Washington’s newest members-only club, looks more like a hip SoHo loft than a stuffy old library. Space, at N and 9th Streets across from the Convention Center just north of the PQ, is an establishment that embraces exclusivity […]
Chinatown Heartache
On the front page of today’s WaPo Metro section, an article reports on the heartache between two citizens’ groups within the Chinese community, the Chinatown Steering Committee (with close ties to the Chinatown Cultural Center in Gallery Place) and the Chinatown Revitalization Council. Cited in the article is the Mass Ave project courtesy of Kingdon […]